Education Workgroup

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Scope and Purpose

The goal of the Education Workgroup is to have every student in the region graduate environmentally literate having participated in meaningful watershed educational experiences in elementary, middle, and high school that were supported by teachers who have received professional development in environmental education and schools that are models of environmental sustainability. The Education Workgroup provides a forum for cross-jurisdictional coordination and support on all aspects of environmental education with an emphasis on:

Increasing Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEE) and other place-based, outdoor education
Supporting training for teachers and environmental education professionals in content, pedagogy, and outdoor-learning techniques related to environmental topics
Encouraging green infrastructure and operations on school grounds
Supporting federal, state, and regional environmental literacy planning, including providing an ongoing forum to collaborate on the goals and objectives of the federal Executive Order and the nonprofit community Regional Roundtable.

The Education Workgroup is tasked with evaluating and recommending policies related to PK-12 bay education, maintaining the Bay Backpack website, and tracking state implementation of the MWEE in elementary, middle, and high school. The NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office also convenes a biennial Environmental Literacy Summit on behalf of the Workgroup to advance environmental literacy activities in the region.

Projects and Resources

Environmental Literacy Summit

The mid-Atlantic region is leading the nation in implementing sound policy that ensures our students will graduate environmentally literate citizens. To advance environmental literacy activities in the region, the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office convenes a biennial Environmental Literacy Summit on behalf of the Workgroup. These summits provide an important forum for dialogue, collaboration, and coordination between federal, state, and non-governmental leaders about the future of environmental and science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education in the mid-Atlantic region.

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Publications

Environmental Literacy Indicator Tool Survey

The purpose of the Chesapeake Bay Program's Environmental Literacy Indicator Tool (ELIT) is to help local and state schools systems collect important information that will help advance the implementation of environmental...
Chesapeake Bay Watershed 2017 Environmental Literacy Report: Results from Watershed ELIT Survey

The Chesapeake Bay Watershed Environmental Literacy Indicator Tool (ELIT) was developed to monitor the capacity and progress of public school districts toward meting the environmental literacy goal stated in the 2014...
An Educator’s Guide To The Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience (MWEE)

An Educator’s Guide to the Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience (MWEE) is an easy-to-use manual for constructing high-quality educational experiences for all students. Our hope is that this guide is used by teachers...

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Other Links

Bay Backpack

The Education Workgroup's teacher resource website is THE source for Chesapeake Bay and environmental education resources, lesson plans, field studies, trainings, and funding information

Watershed Agreement
- Environmental Literacy Goal

Members
- Shannon Sprague (Chair), NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
  NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
  Manager, Environmental Literacy [National Marine Fisheries Service]
  
  Address:
  410 Severn Avenue
  Suite 107-A
  Annapolis Maryland 21403
  - Email: shannon.sprague@NOAA.GOV
  - Phone: (410) 267-5664
  - Download VCard
- Tom Ackerman (Chair), Chesapeake Bay Foundation
  Chesapeake Bay Foundation
  Vice President for Education
  
  Address:
  Philip Merrill Environmental Center
  6 Herndon Avenue
  Annapolis Maryland 21403
  - Email: TAckerman@savethebay.cbf.org
  - Download VCard
- Kevin Schabow (Coordinator), NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
  NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
  Education Coordinator [National Marine Fisheries Service]
  
  Address:
  410 Severn Avenue
  Suite 107-A
  Annapolis Maryland 21403
  - Email: Kevin.Schabow@noaa.gov
  - Phone: (410) 295-3145
  - Download VCard
- Andrew Pizzala (Staffer), Chesapeake Research Consortium
  Chesapeake Research Consortium
  GIT 5 Staffer
  
  Address:
  410 Severn Ave
  Suite 314
  Annapolis Maryland 21403
  - Email: drew_pizzala@partner.nps.gov
  - Phone: (410) 260-2486
  - Download VCard
- Robin Anglin, West Virginia Department of Education
  West Virginia Department of Education
  
  Address:
  1900 Kanawha Boulevard
  Charleston West Virginia 25305
  - Email: ranglin@access.k12.wv.us
  - Phone: (304) 558-1834
  - Download VCard
- Tara Baker, Chesapeake Bay Trust
  Chesapeake Bay Trust
  
  Address:
  60 West Street, Suite 405
  Annapolis Maryland 21401
  - Email: tbaker@cbtrust.org
  - Download VCard
- Donna Balado, Maryland State Department of Education
  Maryland State Department of Education
  
  Address:
  200 West Baltimore St
  Baltimore Maryland 21201
  - Email: donna.balado@maryland.gov
  - Phone: (410) 767-0323
  - Download VCard
- David Bauman, Pennsylvania Department of Education
  Pennsylvania Department of Education
  
  Address:
  Pennsylvania Department of Education
  333 Market Street
  Harrisburg Pennsylvania 17101
  - Email: davbauman@pa.gov
  - Phone: (717) 783-6598
  - Download VCard
- Daria Blom, Friends of the Rappahannock
  Friends of the Rappahannock
  
  Address:
  Friends of the Rappahannock
  P.O. Box 7254
  Fredericksburg Virginia 22404
  - Email: education@riverfriends.org
  - Phone: (540) 373-3448
  - Download VCard
- Sarah Bodor, North American Association for Environmental Education
  North American Association for Environmental Education
  
  Address:
  2000 P St. NW Suite 540
  Washington DC District of Columbia 20036
  - Email: sarah@naaee.org
  - Phone: 202-419-0412
  - Download VCard
- Sarah Brzezinski, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES)
  University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES)
  Fostering Chesapeake Stewardship Goal Team 5 Staffer
  
  Address:
  410 Severn Avenue
  Suite 314
  Annapolis Maryland 21403
  - Email: Sarah_Brzezinski@partner.nps.gov
  - Phone: (410) 260-2494
  - Download VCard
- Angel Burns, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
  Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
  
  Address:
  152 S State St
  Dover Delaware 19901
  - Email: Angel.Burns@state.de.u
  - Download VCard
- David Christopher, National Aquarium, Mid-Atlantic Marine Educators Association
  National AquariumMid-Atlantic Marine Educators Association
  
  Address:
  501 East Pratt/Pier 3
  Baltimore Maryland 21202
  - Email: dchristopher@aqua.org
  - Phone: (410) 576-8799
  - Download VCard
- Susan Cox, U.S. Forest Service (USFS)
  U.S. Forest Service (USFS)
  
  Address:
  Louis Wyman Forestry Bldg. Sciences Lab
  271 Mast Road
  Durham New Hampshire 03824
  - Email: smcox@fs.fed.us
  - Phone: (603) 868-7706
  - Download VCard
- Rebecca Davis, DC Environmental Education Consortium
  DC Environmental Education Consortium
  
  Address:
  DC Environmental Education Consortium c/o Grace Manubay
  District Department of the Environment 1200 First St NE, 5th Floor
  Washington District of Columbia 20002
  - Email: rnjidavis@gmail.com
  - Phone: (703) 340-6875
  - Download VCard
- Anita Davis, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
  
  Address:
  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
  Mailstop 610.9, Building 33 A115
  Greenbelt Maryland 20771
  - Email: anita.l.davis@nasa.gov
  - Phone: (301) 614-6669
  - Download VCard
- Lisa Deaton, Virginia Department of Agriculture & Forestry
  Virginia Department of Agriculture & Forestry
  
  Address:
  PO Box 635
  Sandston Virginia 23150
  - Email: lisa.deaton@dof.virginia.gov
  - Download VCard
- Ann Devine, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
  Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
  
  Address:
  400 Market St.
  Philadelphia Pennsylvania 17101
  - Email: adevine@pa.gov
  - Download VCard
- P. Trinh Doan , District of Columbia Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE)
  District of Columbia Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE)
  
  Address:
  1200 First Street, NE.
  Room: 643B
  Washington District of Columbia 20002
  - Email: patricia.doan@dc.gov
  - Phone: (202) 535-1653
  - Download VCard
- Valerie Emrich, Maryland State Department of Education
  Maryland State Department of Education
  
  Address:
  200 West Baltimore Street
  Baltimore Maryland 21201
  - Email: valerie.emrich@maryland.gov
  - Download VCard
- Ann Faulds, Pennsylvania Sea Grant
  Pennsylvania Sea Grant
  
  Address:
  1350 Edgmont Avenue
  Suite 2570
  Chester Pennsylvania 19013
  - Email: afaulds@psu.edu
  - Phone: (215) 806-0894
  - Download VCard
- Vicki Fenwick-Judy, The Mountain Institute
  The Mountain Institute
  
  Address:
  Spruce Knob Mountain Center, 18 Woodlands Way
  Circleville West Virginia 26804
  - Email: vfenwick@mountain.org
  - Download VCard
- Trena Ferrell, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
  
  Address:
  Goddard Space Flight Center
  8800 Greenbelt Rd.
  Greenbelt Maryland 20771
  - Email: trena.m.ferrell@nasa.gov
  - Download VCard
- Drew Ferrier, Hood College
  Hood College
  
  Address:
  Hodson Science & Technology Center, Room 151
  401 Rosemont Ave.
  Frederick Maryland 21701
  - Email: dferrier@hood.edu
  - Phone: (301) 696-3660
  - Download VCard
- Mike Foreman, Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
  Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
  
  Address:
  203 Governor Street, Suite 206
  Richmond Virginia 23219
  - Email: mike.foreman@dcr.virginia.gov
  - Phone: (804) 786-3088
  - Download VCard
- Maya Garcia , DC Office of the State Superintendent of Schools
  DC Office of the State Superintendent of Schools
  
  Address:
  810 1st Street NE, 9th Floor
  Washington District of Columbia 20002
  - Email: maya.garcia@dc.gov
  - Download VCard
- Suzie Gilley, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
  Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
  
  Address:
  P. O. Box 11104
  Richmond Virginia 23230
  - Email: suzie.gilley@dgif.virginia.gov
  - Download VCard
- Page Hutchinson
  Address:
  11301 Pocahontas Trail
  Providence Forge Virginia 23140
  - Email: page.hutchinson@dof.virginia.gov
  - Phone: (804) 966-2201
  - Download VCard
- Laurie Jenkins, Montgomery County Public Schools
  Montgomery County Public Schools
  
  Address:
  Montgomery County Public Schools, Outdoor and Environmental Education Programs
  5110 Meadowside Lane
  Rockville Maryland 20855
  - Email: Laurie_C_Jenkins@MCPSMD.ORG
  - Phone: (301) 924-3123
  - Download VCard
- Laura Johnson Collard, Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education
  Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education
  Executive Director
  
  Address:
  7761 Waterloo Road
  Jessup Maryland 20794
  - Email: director@MAEOE.org
  - Phone: (443) 733-1220
  - Download VCard
- Karen Kelly Mullin, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
  
  Address:
  177 Admiral Cochrane Drive
  Annapolis Maryland 21401
  - Email: karen.willowoak@gmail.com
  - Phone: (410) 573-4549
  - Download VCard
- Chris Kemmerer, Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks
  Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks
  
  Address:
  Bureau of State Parks RCSOB, 8th fl 400 Market Street
  Harrisburg Pennsylvania 17105
  - Email: chkemmerer@pa.gov
  - Download VCard
- Grace Manubay, District of Columbia Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE)
  District of Columbia Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE)
  
  Address:
  District Department of the Environment
  1200 First St NE, 5th Floor
  Washington District of Columbia 20002
  - Email: grace.manubay@DC.GOV
  - Download VCard
- Kim Martinez, National Wildlife Federation
  National Wildlife Federation
  
  Address:
  Chesapeake Mid-Atlantic Regional Center
  706 Giddings Avenue, Suite 2C
  Annapolis Maryland 21401
  - Email: martinezk@nwf.org
  - Phone: (443) 759-3410
  - Download VCard
- Barbara McGuinness, U.S. Forest Service (USFS)
  U.S. Forest Service (USFS)
  
  Address:
  NRS
  PO Box 267
  Ervine Pennsylvania 16329
  - Email: bmcguinness@fs.fed.us
  - Phone: (814) 563-1040
  - Download VCard
- Sarah McGuire, Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (CBNERR) - Virginia
  Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (CBNERR) - Virginia
  
  Address:
  Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Virginia Institute of Marine Science
  PO Box 1346
  Gloucester Point Virginia 23062
  - Email: mcguire@vims.edu
  - Phone: (804) 684-7878
  - Download VCard
- Tonyea Mead, Delaware Department of Education
  Delaware Department of Education
  
  Address:
  Delaware Dept. of Education
  401 Federal Street, Suite 2
  Dover Delaware 19901
  - Email: tmead@doe.k12.de.us
  - Phone: (302) 735-4180
  - Download VCard
- Bart Merrick, NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
  NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
  Education Coordinator [National Marine Fisheries Service]
  
  Address:
  Cooperative Oxford Laboratory
  904 South Morris Street
  Oxford Maryland 21654
  - Email: Bart.Merrick@noaa.gov
  - Phone: (410) 295-3142
  - Download VCard
- Christen Miller, Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
  Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
  
  Address:
  600 East Main Street, 24th Floor
  Richmond Virginia 23219
  - Email: Christen.Miller@dcr.virginia.gov
  - Download VCard
- Erin O'Neal, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
  Chesapeake Bay Foundation
  
  Address:
  6 Herndon Ave
  Annapolis Maryland 21403
  - Email: eoneal@cbf.org
  - Download VCard
- Ashley Peebles, Delaware Forest Service
  Delaware Forest Service
  
  Address:
  Delaware Department of Agriculture, Forest Services
  2320 S. DuPont Highway
  Dover Delaware 19934
  - Email: ashley.peebles@state.de.us
  - Phone: (302) 698-4551
  - Download VCard
- Anne Petersen, Virginia Department of Education
  Virginia Department of Education
  
  Address:
  James Monroe Bldg, 101 N 14th St
  Richmond Virginia 23219
  - Email: Anne.petersen@doe.virginia.gov
  - Phone: (804) 225-2676
  - Download VCard
- Chris Petrone, Delaware Sea Grant
  Delaware Sea Grant
  
  Address:
  700 Pilottown Road
  Lewes Delaware 19958
  - Email: petrone@udel.edu
  - Phone: (302) 645-4308
  - Download VCard
- Andrew Pizzala, Chesapeake Research Consortium
  Chesapeake Research Consortium
  GIT 5 Staffer
  
  Address:
  410 Severn Ave
  Suite 314
  Annapolis Maryland 21403
  - Email: drew_pizzala@partner.nps.gov
  - Phone: (410) 260-2486
  - Download VCard
- Bill Portlock, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
  Chesapeake Bay Foundation
  Senior Educator
  
  Address:
  Capitol Place
  1108 E. Main Street, Suite 1600
  Richmond Virginia 23219
  - Email: bportlock@savethebay.cbf.org
  - Download VCard
- David Pragoff, Delaware Nature Society
  Delaware Nature Society
  
  Address:
  3511 Barley Mill Rd
  Hockessin Delaware 19707
  - Email: davidp@delnature.org
  - Download VCard
- Ann Regn, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
  Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
  
  Address:
  629 East Main Street
  Richmond Virginia 23219
  - Email: ann.regn@deq.virginia.gov
  - Phone: (804) 698-4442
  - Download VCard
- Charlotte Rich
  Address:
  249 West Joyce Lane, Arnold MD, 21012
  Arnold Maryland 21012
  - Email: crich@bayregionadvisory.com
  - Download VCard
- Frank Rodgers, Cacapon Institute
  Cacapon Institute
  Education & Outreach Director
  
  Address:
  Cacapon Institute
  PO Box 68
  High View West Virginia 26808
  - Email: frodgers@cacaponinstitute.org
  - Download VCard
- Lorna Rosenberg, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 3
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 3
  
  Address:
  Environmental Assessment and Innovation Division EPA Region 3 1650 Arch St.
  Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19103
  - Email: rosenberg.lorna@epa.gov
  - Download VCard
- James Rountree, District of Columbia Public Schools
  District of Columbia Public Schools
  
  Address:
  District of Columbia Public Schools
  1200 First Street NE
  Washington District of Columbia 20002
  - Email: james.rountree@dc.gov
  - Phone: (202) 442-4643
  - Download VCard
- Kevin Schabow, NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
  NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
  Education Coordinator [National Marine Fisheries Service]
  
  Address:
  410 Severn Avenue
  Suite 107-A
  Annapolis Maryland 21403
  - Email: Kevin.Schabow@noaa.gov
  - Phone: (410) 295-3145
  - Download VCard
- Britt Slattery, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
  Maryland Department of Natural Resources
  
  Address:
  580 Taylor Avenue
  Tawes State Office Building
  Annapolis Maryland 21401
  - Email: bslattery@dnr.state.md.us
  - Phone: (410) 260-8715
  - Download VCard
- Bonnie Smith, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  Education and Communication
  
  Address:
  1650 Arch St.
  Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19103
  - Email: smith.bonnie@epa.gov
  - Phone: (215) 814-5543
  - Download VCard
- Ariel Trahan, DC Environmental Education Consortium
  DC Environmental Education Consortium
  
  Address:
  DC Environmental Education Consortium c/o Grace Manubay
  District Department of the Environment 1200 First St NE, 5th Floor
  Washington District of Columbia 20002
  - Email: atrahan@anacostiaws.org
  - Phone: (301) 699-6204
  - Download VCard
- Coreen Weilminster, Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve - Maryland
  Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve - Maryland
  Education Coordinator
  
  Address:
  Tawes State Office Building
  580 Taylor Avenue, E-2
  Annapolis Maryland 21401
  - Email: cweilminster@dnr.state.md.us
  - Phone: (410) 260-8744
  - Download VCard
- Jonathan Wickert, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
  Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
  
  Address:
  Richardson & Robbins Building 89 Kings Hwy
  Dover Delaware 19901
  - Email: Jonathan.Wickert@state.de.us
  - Download VCard
- Tamara Willis, Mary Baldwin College
  Mary Baldwin College
  
  Address:
  Mary Baldwin College
  P.O. Box 1500
  Staunton Virginia 24402
  - Email: twillis@mbc.edu
  - Download VCard

Education Workgroup

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Scope and Purpose

Projects and Resources

Environmental Literacy Summit

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Publications

Environmental Literacy Indicator Tool Survey

Chesapeake Bay Watershed 2017 Environmental Literacy Report: Results from Watershed ELIT Survey

An Educator’s Guide To The Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience (MWEE)

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Other Links

Bay Backpack

Watershed Agreement

Environmental Literacy Goal

Members